Plaque surface and microembolic signals in moderate carotid stenosis

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Orlandi, G ^a   Parenti, G ^a   Landucci Pellegrini, L ^a   Sartucci, F ^a   Paoli, C ^a   Puglioli, M ^b   Collavoli, P ^b   Murri, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid plaque; Microembolism Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0033139127     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720050029     Document Type: Article

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